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WHilTBY-FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30' l9àl , PAGÉ 3 Planniing9shows publie how it'sdone By MICHAEL KNELL faced by his depart- be 48,490 in iu90 and 19 years away, planning pect t.here "will be new Under the current According to Regi Free Press Staff ment, Short says is that 60,000 in the year 2000. will have to be done now demands and pressures system, planning fun- Councillor Gerry E 0f ail of the functions people often do flot un- Short says that most to ensure that there is on the community" and ctions such as officiai chairman of the 1 indertaken by a munici- derstand what the plan- of the growth that the ample new roads, water that these have to be plan amendJments nmust ning department ality the most mis- ning process is or how it town has experienCed and sewers, public planned for today. flot only be approved by council's administri inderstood is probably functions. occurred in the last transit and other ser- Therefore, Short says, Whitby Town Council committee, reg: hat of planning. "Planning is some- seven years and with vices wiîî be in place to -one of the department's but by Durham Region- CNTDO Mfter ail, it is flot often times seen to be a bit of the projected growth accommodate that biggest jobs is "to try to ai Council as well. CN' NP ýhat the average resi- a threat, " he says ad- planning will become ail growth. tell people what's gong ;n-h- . . ..:.... Regionai Councillor Gerry Emm, chairman of the planning department and Whitby Town Council's ad- ministrative committee, is seen here showing Reg Flewelling, manager of the Dundas Street East branch of the Royal Bank, one of the land use maps that were on display during the planningdepartment's open house that was held last week. The open house wps held in order to better inform the public about the function of the increasingly com- plex field of urban planning. - Free Press Staff Photo dent 0f the Town of Whitby is confronted with problems dealing with such technical sub- jects as official plan amendmnents, sub- division of development agreements or site plan applications. In an effort to explain the planning process, the Town of Whitby's planning department heid an open house last week. "Planning is a fun- etion of the municipality that tries to give struc- ture and balance in the community," is how the town's planning direc- tor, Bob Short, explains his department's job. One of the problems ding that in ordier to hear the concerns of the public meetings are usually held when a major project is proposed. Short says that urban planning is not really that much -different from- the planning people do in their every- day life. "Planning is some- thing that is done every day, " he says. The director points out that "Whitby has had pretty good profile. " In 1961, the population of the town was 22,000 and is projected to be 38,000 at the end of this year and is expected to the more important. The director said that one of the functions of planning is to attempt t> projeet what effect a certain project will have 20 years from now. Shouid the town reach 60,000 population in the year 2000, which is only Short said that lus department is often cri- ticized for making such long term analysis but points out that 1961, when the town had only 22,000 people, was only 20 years ago. He says that with the growth the town can ex- I~Oven fresh (PEZLO~ every day il itebes t z4JKLî -Y 1 llthe wy For an old fashioned Pretzel 11 BROOK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 666-3377 Ieu»"Coupon 3O* each PretzeI»' ------------------------------- community" and to help them prepare for it. One of the biggest changes in the planning field that has occurred in the last decade has been the introduction of regional government. One of the region's biggest functions is the .ço-ordination of plan- ning within Durham. jonal rmm, plan- and Rative ronal .7 RECEPTION CARDS INVITATIONS THANK YOU CARDS PRNIN J'Ilp' IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENTI 1. Cal the Police. <Don't admit liabillty; let the police decide> 2. Col your Insurance agent. (Explain the problem.> 3. Cal Home. (Youlil be at least one hour late.> 4. CoUll OSHAWA CAR CARE LTD. (I's ur choe where jor car is m epired. We have the most up to date equîpmnent to repair any car on the road today, We guarantee satisfaction. NEW CAR RENTAIS u 50 per day - no mileage. 660 Drake St. Olluwa 576-1019 1 tt tt mdN.